Work Study – Lasallian Volunteers

Internship Program with the Lasallian Volunteers of the De La Salle Christian Brothers:

Basic Information:

Intern: 12-15 hours a week throughout the semester=around 200 total hours (based on 16 week semester)

Intern should be undergrad or graduate student (grad students receive no compensation)

Interns must have a demonstrated commitment to contemporary understandings of Catholic Mission trends and must be comfortable with people of diverse racial, ethnic and varied communities and backgrounds. The intern must possess strong written and oral communication skills, detail oriented, organized, flexible and able to work independently but also able to follow directions and work collaboratively.

Goal:

To provide ways to ensure interns have the ability to see the tangible results of service to the poor through their internship experience: photos, video clips, participation in meetings, interviewing Lasallian Volunteers, Alums and Donors, allowing the intern to attach a face, place and context to what is happening.

TR available on site; Credit-bearing; able to work in Catholic non-profit environment; deepen, shape and inform their own understanding of service to the poor especially in the areas of education and social services.

Exposure to work in a professional setting

Help to formulate skills to articulate clear and concise statements of faith and understandings of the work of the Lasallian Volunteers and the De La Salle Christian Brothers